Painter s sample-book



' T aZZ whom it may concern:

' bered, or lettered and numbered, to correspond JOHN H. PARKER, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO.

PAINTERS SAM PLE-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,701, dated Octobe18, 1887.

Application filed January 24, 1887.

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. PARKER, of Cleveland, in the county ofGuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Painters Sample-Books, of which the following is adescription sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 represents aleaf of my improved book provided with four samples or shades of mixedpaints, and Fig. 2 the key.

My invention relates to that class of samplebooks which are employed bypainters and the manufacturers of paints or of inks, dyes, 850., toexhibit or illustrate the colors and shades of their wares; and itconsists in a book having leaves on which samples of mixed paints orinks, dyes, &c., are respectively displayed, each sample being numbered,or numbered and named, and also marked or designated withreference-letters, or letters and figures, in combination with a keycontaining a list of the ingredients of which the various paints, inks,dyes, &c., are composed, said list being numwith the respectivereference numbers and letters on the samples, as hereinafter more fullyset forth and claimed, the object being to produce a more convenient,reliable, and otherwise desirable article of this character than is nowin ordinary use.

The nature of the improvement will be readily understood by allconversant with such matters from the following explanation.

My improvement is designed to furnish the purchaser or user with readymeans for ascertaining the ingredients of the sample paints or inks,dyes, 8nd, shown in the book. To accomplish this I mark or designate therespective colors or shades of paints or inks, dyes, &c., in thesample-book with a series of letters or numerals, or both, each one ofwhich refers to a material or ingredient the name of which is containedin the key, the letter or numeral representing the base or ingredient ofwhich the largest quantity is used in the composition of the color orarticle referred to be- Serinl No. 225,343. (No model.)

ing placed first, the one representing the next largest quantity beingplaced second,and so on.

Example: The first shade shown in Fig.1 of the drawings, No. 30, (blu egray,) has printed under it letters and numerals, as follows: H-A-IIl.By reference to the key shown in Fig. 2 it will readily be seen that Hrefers to at once see by reference to the key that the paint representedthereby is composed of White lead, yellow ocher, blue Prussian, andlampblack, and in proportions corresponding substantially with thearrangement of the reference letters and figures pertaining thereto. Itwill-also readily be seen that this is of great advantage to apurchaser, as it enables him to determine at once the quality of thepaint through a knowledge of its ingredients, it being possible toproduce certain shades by the use of other and poorer ingredients thanthose indicated in the key, and the same applies in like manner to inks,dyes, &c., to which the book is adapted.

The key shown in Fig. 2 may be printed at the beginning or end of thesample-book, or may be furnished upon a separate card, which last methodI deem preferable, as it may sometimes be desirable to show thesample-book and yet keep the compositions of the paints, 850., a secret.

I do not confine myself to placing the letter or numeral indicating thebase or largest ingredient composing a color first in the series, asdescribed, as the order may be reversed and the series begin with thesmallest ingredient;

or the letters and numbers may be arranged in any convenient position ororder, although I deem it preferable to arrange the referenceletters, orletters and figures, as hereinbefore described; neither do I confinemyself to using the letters in combination with the figures, as figuresalone may be employed, and woe versa.

It will be understood that the book is provided with a series of leavesor pages containing samples of paints; but it is not deemed necessary toshow more than one.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 1. A sample book ofthe character described, comprising a series of leaves or pages on whichsamples of mixed paints or inks, dyes, and the like are disposed, saidsamples being-marked or designated by a number and by name of the color,and also by reference letters or figures, or both, and a key containinga list of the ingredients necessary to form said samples, eachingredient having either a letter or figure, or both, to designate thesame, the reference letters, figures, or both, of the samplecorresponding to the letter, figure, or both, of the key necessary toform said sample, sub stantially as described.

2. A sample book of the character described, comprising a series ofleaves or pages,

on which samples of mixed paints or inks, dyes, and the like aredisposed, said samples being marked or designated bya number andcorresponding to the letter, figure, or both, of 30 the key necessary toform said sample, and being so arranged that the first letter or figure,as the case may be, representing the largest ingredient in the paint,the next letter or figure the next largest, and so on throughout theseries, substantially as set forth.

JOHN H. PARKER.

Witnesses:

W. H. Tnusoor'r,

H. W. BULL.

